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JeremyB
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8 years ago

Split CamelCase text to new column

So here's the scenario, I have 12 enums coming through to my table.  The enum text values are in CamelCase and I want to split them at the left of each upper case letter (except for the first letter ...
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MarcelBeug
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8 years ago

It is a bit confusing if you want to split the text (into a list, or multiple columns) or insert a space.

I assume you want to insert a space.

This is a Power Query solution:

 

let
    Source = #table(type table[Enum = text],{{"EnumOne"},{"EnumTwo"}}),
    Splitted = Table.TransformColumns(Source,{{"Enum", each Text.Insert(_, Text.PositionOfAny(_,{"A".."Z"},Occurrence.Last)," "), type text}})
in
    Splitted

 

Edit: this is how the split the column into 2 columns:

 

let
    Source = #table(type table[Enum = text],{{"EnumOne"},{"EnumTwo"}}),
    #"Split Column by Position" = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "Enum", each Splitter.SplitTextByPositions({0, Text.PositionOfAny(_,{"A".."Z"},Occurrence.Last)})(_), {"Enum.1", "Enum.2"}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Position",{{"Enum.1", type text}, {"Enum.2", type text}})
in
    #"Changed Type"

 

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JeremyB's avatar
JeremyB
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Yes, I want to be able to split the text with a space at the left of each upper case letter into a new computed column.  I don't necessarily need to keep the original column though, I just need the text to be split.

 

 

I'll give these a try and see if I can get them to work.  I appreciate the help!

 

 

EDIT:

MarcelBeug

 

Is it possible to do it for each capital letter instead of the last one?

 

Ex. 

EnumNumberOne -> Enum Number One

 

I tried changing 'Occurrence.Last' to 'Occurrence.All', but was given an error.  

  • MarcelBeug's avatar
    MarcelBeug
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    8 years ago

    Yes, it can.

     

    In such cases, the biggest challenge is to design the query such that it is dynamic with regard to the number of resulting columns.

     

    This requires some Advanced Editor programming, resulting in:

     

    let
    Source = #table(type table[Enum = text],{{"EnumNumberOne"},{"EnumTwo"}}),
    Splitted = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Enum", each Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(Text.PositionOfAny(_,{"A".."Z"},Occurrence.All))(_)}}),
    Tabled = Table.TransformColumns(Splitted,{{"Enum", each Table.FromColumns(List.Zip({_}))}}),
    ColumnNames = Table.ColumnNames(Table.Combine(Tabled[Enum])),
    NewColumnNames = List.Transform(ColumnNames, each "Enum."&Text.Middle(_,6)),
    ExpandedEnum = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Tabled, "Enum", ColumnNames, NewColumnNames),
    TransformList = List.Transform(NewColumnNames, each {_,type text}),
    Typed = Table.TransformColumnTypes(ExpandedEnum, TransformList)
in
    Typed

     

    Result:

    • JeremyB's avatar
      JeremyB
      Frequent Visitor
      8 years ago

      MarcelBeug My apologies for the delayed response and thanks for the help!  I was able to get this working, although it is not supported in direct query mode.  Any suggestions on that?  I have another way to do this outside of PowerBI, so it's not the end of the world if there isn't.

      • MarcelBeug's avatar
        MarcelBeug
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        8 years ago

        Hi, sorry, I have no real experience with Direct Query mode.
        I don't think this can be rewritten such that it works in Direct Query mode.

         

        Maybe someone else can help you with this.